Crushes on female characters (Was: Hurt-Comfort and Comfort-Hurt)

[errolowl]

No: HPFGUIDX 57105




On the strange bent tastes of people

I wrote:
>>2. Mrs Lestrange: Right, she's got less canon that even Avery.
But she does make an impact and I'm surprised no one else brought 
her up. Dangerous, that's the word. It would take quite a man to keep
pace with her. Vicious. Wild. Fiery. Regal. Tempestuous. 
Temptress...but ice cold deep down. The ice princess with a 
twist....<<
 

Darrin backed off:
>>Wha? I don't know. I have lived through my wild stage where I dated 
women who were just as likely to plunge a knife in my back (or use it 
in other places.) Lived through it. If Narcissa turns out to be a DE, 
then she falls on my list.
Besides, we're MEN! We need to know what Mrs. Lestrange looks like!<<


Oh, don't mind me Darrin, I'm just taking my imagination out
for a little stroll. The dangerous type does have more that its fair 
share of fantasy appeal. And then there's the description:

"A woman with thick shining dark hair, and heavily hooded eyes,
who was sitting in the chained chair as though it were a throne"

There's regal for you! And the fact that Harry notices her
"shining" dark hair even in the midst of a gloomy trial says 
something to me about her grooming and attractiveness. Add her 
passionate nature to the mix and its irresistible. Of course, a crush 
on this package comes with the rider that she finds you attractive 
and interesting enough to stab the DE's in the back and come with 
you. But you'll never be sure of the safety of your own back
<grin>. Her being a DE would be a major turn off in RL, but in a 
fictional character it just adds glamour. Nothing staid or 
predictable, and it requires the man to keep atleast one step ahead 
of her – and that's quite a challenge! Wouldn't we all
like to be the only man who can command the respect of a dangerous 
and highly intelligent woman? The only one able to penetrate the 
mystery of those hooded eyes... See it yet?

That said, the closest to life crush would probably be Angelina. But 
then, I dont crush all that much, the evidience of the 
last couple of posts to the contrary ;-)

Darrin, about Cho:
>>The scene where Harry finally works up the courage to ask her out 
is the one that really got me from junior high school, ESPECIALLY 
when she really seemed to be sorry he hadn't asked her before Cedric 
did. (Or, she just was letting the kid down easy, because Cedric was 
her dream date all along.)
Man, how many of us were just a little late in finally getting the 
guts to ask the girl?<<

All of us apparently! <grin> And no, most of them were not very 
gentle are they? Makes me wonder how I survived...
Yeah, I really liked Cho for that, but somehow it took the final GoF 
scene to push it from "like" to possible "crush". It
might have just been my overly developed sense of respecting
Cerdic's boundaries,LOL.


And then there's Pansy.

I wrote:
9. Pansy: Some Neanderthal reaction I guess. A simpering female who 
> fawns over you, is anxious when you're wounded, jumps to your 
> defense, never steals your limelight
and is of course very
> pretty. If Draco sees something in her, who am I to argue? <grin>

Darrin Warns:
>>Yeah, but only if your dad is rich and you are pureblood for like 
two millenia. Wayyyy too high-maintenance, man. Remember her reaction 
to the gold unicorn? She only dates guys six figures and above, my 
friend.<<

Point taken, and I'm not heartbroken. She's a snob, pure and
simple. But it *was* a Neanderthal reaction to a simpering female. ;-)

> Pomfry, Sprout, and (gasp) Trelawney – you got to be kidding!
>In order. Too grandmother. Too aunt. Too crazy aunt locked up in the 
>attic. 
> Molly? That would be practically incestuous. 
> True, but I bet she was a hottie, back in the day.

Which has me wondering. If the "Aunt", the "mother", 
the "grandmother" etc are negative stereotypes while
evaluating potential crushes ... how come the ladies don't feel
Lupin is too fatherly, or Harry too brotherly, or Moody too
"eccentric uncle in the attic"? ladies? 

>Darrin
>-- Ickle Drackykins. I'm copyrighting that as a band name

OUCH!!

Errol
Who's quite sure McNair will be added to the ladies list now that 
they have been reminded.